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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 25321578, member: 59677&quot;]The various mints will have a copyright on the expression of the design. They may also have the copyright on the image itself or that may be held by the coin&#039;s designer - that is sometimes murky.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, the Frasier obverse bust of George Washington executed in 1932 and placed on a $5 gold commemorative in 1999 and the quarter from 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-medal-programs/commemorative-coins/george-washington-gold" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-medal-programs/commemorative-coins/george-washington-gold" rel="nofollow">https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-medal-programs/commemorative-coins/george-washington-gold</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The mint likely has the copyright on the finished designs, with LIBERTY and IGWT.</p><p><br /></p><p>The design itself? </p><p><br /></p><p>It was executed after 1928 so it&#039;s not in the public domain due to the final expiration of copyright. </p><p><br /></p><p>Did Ms. Frasier or her estate register and renew the copyright on the design? If they didn&#039;t renew it after 28 years, i.e. in 1960, it would have gone PD. </p><p><br /></p><p>Was ownership of the design transferred to the USG as part of the 1932 contest?</p><p><br /></p><p>If you really wanted to know, a FOIA request to the mint is in order.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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